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Through the Night

Continuous broadcast of concert music and opera, recorded from locations throughout Europe

Through the Night; Through the Night

Through the Night: Through the Night

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Through the Night

Jonathan Swain concludes the programme with music by Skjavetic, Sweelinck, Gotovac, Raffaelli, Odak, Bersa, Pejacevic, Kuljeric, Parac, Matz and Gluck.

With Jonathan Swain.

5.00am
Trad, arr. Petrinjak: 6 Renaissance Dances
Zagreb Guitar Trio

5.10am
Skjavetic, Julije (16th century), trans. Zupanovic: 5 Madrigals
Slovenian Chamber Choir
Vladimir Kranjcevic (director)

5.21am
Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (1562-1621): Unter der Linden grüne
Pavao Masic (organ)

5.27am
Gotovac, Jakov (1895-1982): Symphonic Dance (Kolo)
Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra
Kazushi Ono (conductor)

5.36am
Raffaelli, Josip (1767-1843): Introduction and theme with variations in A
Vladimir Krpan (piano)

5.46am
Odak, Krsto (1888-1965): Madrigal, Op 11
Slovenian Chamber Choir
Vladimir Kranjcevic (director)

5.53am
Bersa, Blagoje (1873-1934): Idyll, Op 25b
Croatian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Mladen Tarbuk (conductor)

6.00am
Pejacevic, Dora (1885-1923): Life of Flowers, Op 19
Ida Gamulin (piano)

6.21am
Kuljeric, Igor (1938-2006): Toccata for vibraphone and piano
Ivana Bilic (vibraphone)
Vanja Kuljeric (piano)

6.28am
Anon (18th century): Menuet in G
Ljerka Ocic (organ)

6.30am
Parac, Ivo (1890-1954): Pastorale
Ljerka Ocic (organ)

6.39am
Matz, Rudolf (1901-1988): Quartetto
Zagreb Soloists

6.54am
Gluck, Christoph Willibald (1714-1787): Dance of the Furies (Orfeo ed Euridice)
Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra
Lovro von Matacic (conductor).

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Breakfast

Radio 3's breakfast show, waking the UK up with the finest classical music in the best performances

Breakfast: 

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast,

Including music by Telemann, Schumann, Coates, Mendelssohn, Galeazzi and Respighi.

Including Telemann: Overture in G minor. Schumann: Adagio and Allegro. Mendelssohn: Overture (Athalie). Galeazzi: Voglio una casa. Respighi: Fountains of Rome.

From 7.00am

Telemann: Overture in G minor
Musica Alta Ripa

Schumann: Adagio and Allegro
Pierre Fournier (cello)
Lamar Crowson (piano)

Coates: The Three Elizabeths
London Pops Orchestra
Frederick Fennell (conductor)

From 8.30am

Mendelssohn: Overture (Athalie)
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti (conductor)

Galeazzi: Voglio una casa
L'Arpeggiata

Respighi: Fountains of Rome
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner (conductor).

Rob Cowan

Music includes: 
7.00-8.30: Telemann Overture in G minor 
Schumann Adagio and Allegro in A flat, Op 70 Coates The Three Elizabeths 
8.30-10.00: Mendelssohn Overture: Athalie Galeazzi Voglio una Casa 
Respiqhi Fountains of Rome

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: 

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection,

With Sarah Walker. Works by Beethoven, Finzi, Bryars, Messiaen, Cherubini and Beethoven.

Including Beethoven: Coriolan Overture. Bryars: Incipit Vita Nova. Strauss: Tod und Verklarung. Messiaen: Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jesus. Beethoven: Symphony No 5.

With Sarah Walker.

10.00am
Beethoven: Coriolan Overture, Op 62
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Thomas Beecham (conductor)
SONY SMK89887

10.10am
Finzi: Dies Natalis
John Mark Ainsley (tenor)
Corydon Orchestra
Matthew Best (conductor)
HYPERION CDA66876

10.36am
Bryars: Incipit Vita Nova
David James (countertenor)
Annemarie Dreyer (violin)
Ulrike Lachner (viola)
Rebecca Firth (cello)
ECM 1533

10.43am
Strauss: Tod und Verklarung
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell (conductor)
SONY SBK 53511

11.09am
Messiaen: Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jesus (excerpt)
Steven Osborne (piano)
HYPERION CDA67351/2 (2 CDs)

11.21am
Cherubini: Marche Funebre
Boston Baroque
Martin Pearlman (conductor)
TELARC 80658

11.27am
Beethoven: Symphony No 5 in C minor
As recommended in Saturday's Building a Library.

With Sarah Walker. 
Beethoven Overture: Coriolan Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Thomas Beecham 
10.10 Flnzl Dies Natalis John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Corydon Orchestra, conductor Matthew Best 
10.36 Gavin Bryars Incipit Vita Nova 
David James (countertenor), Annemarie Dreyer 
(violin), Ulrike Lachner (viola), Rebecca Firth (cello) 
10.43 Strauss Todund Verklarung 
Cleveland Orchestra, conductor Georges Szell 
11.09 Messiaen Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant Jésus (excerpt) Steven Osborne (piano) 
11.21 Cherubini Marche Funebre 
Boston Baroque, director Martin Pearlman 
11.27 Beethoven Symphony No 5 in C minor 
Recording recommended in Saturday's CDReview.

Composer of the Week

An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)

Composer of the Week: Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943): Episode 1: Early Life

Episode 1

Episode 1: Early Life

Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)

Early Life

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943), Early Life

Born to a musical family, Rachmaninov won a scholarship to the St Petersburg Conservatory.

Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943): 1/5. Early Life. Rachmaninov's musical path began in earnest when, at the age of ten, he won a scholarship to the St Petersburg Conservatory.

Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)

With Donald Macleod.

1/5. Early Life

Rachmaninov was born into a musical family. His grandfather had studied with John Field and would sit most mornings playing pieces by Chopin, Mendelssohn and Field. 

Initially, his family were well off, with extensive property holdings in North Western Russia, but by the 1880s, their finances were in such a dire state that the family had to sell up and move to a cramped flat in St Petersburg. It was there that Sergei Rachmaninov's musical path began in earnest when, at the age of ten, he won a scholarship to the St Petersburg Conservatory.

Prelude in C sharp minor, Op 3, No 2
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)

Piano Concerto No 1 (1st mvt)
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink (conductor)

Aleko's Cavatina (Aleko)
Maria Guleghina (soprano)
Sergei Leiferkus (baritone)
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi (conductor)

Piano Trio No 2 in D minor (1st mvt)
The Borodin Trio.

Donald Macleod on the life of the Russian composer, a late champion of the Romantic style

1/5. Early Life. Introduced by Donald Macleod. Prelude in C sharp minor. Op 3 No 2 Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) 
Piano Concerto No 1 in F sharp minor (1st mvt) Vladimir Ashkenazy. Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Bernard Haitink 
Aleko's Cavatina (Aleko) Maria Guleghina (soprano), Sergei Leiferkus (baritone), Gothenburg 
Symphony Orchestra, conductor Neeme Jarvi 
Piano Trio No2 2 in D minor (1st mvt) Borodin Trio  Repeated at 8.45pm 
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Afternoon Concert

Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras

Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras from around the world

Afternoon on 3

Afternoon Concert: 

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert,

Featuring the Lunchtime Concert, with baritone Ronan Collett and pianist Chris Glynn.

1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: Baritone Ronan Collett with pianist Chris Glynn. 2.00pm Salzburg Festival. 4.00pm The Making of Music: 51/60. World War II: Those Who Stayed Put.

Presented by Louise Fryer.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Verity Sharp introduces a recital live from London's Wigmore Hall by New Generation Artist baritone Ronan Collett with pianist Chris Glynn. They perform one of Schumann's key song cycles, together with French and English Romantic Songs.

Schumann: Liederkreis, Op 24
Faure: L'Horizon Chimerique, Op 118
Warlock: Ha'nacker Mill; The night; My own country
Butterworth: Songs from A Shropshire Lad

2.00pm Salzburg Festival

All this week, Afternoon on 3 features highlights from the 2007 Salzburg Festival.

Beethoven: Leonore Overture No 3, Op 72b
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim (conductor)

Schoenberg: Variations, Op 31
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim (conductor)

Schumann: Trio No 1 in B flat, Op 63
Helene Grimaud (piano)
Benjamin Schmid (violin)
Clemens Hagen (cello)

Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder
Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano)
Camerata Salzburg/Ingo Metzmacher

Schumann: Fantasy in C, Op 17 (3rd mvt)
Lang Lang (piano)

Granados: Los Requiebros (Goyescas)
Lang Lang (piano).

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 
Introduced live from the Wigmore Hall, London, by Verity Sharp. Ronan Collett (baritone), 
Christopher Glynn (piano) 
Schumann Liederkreis , Op 24 (Heine) Fauri L'Horizon Chimérique, Op 118 
Warlock Ha'nacker Mill; The Night; My Own Country (Hilaire Belloc ) 
Butterworth Songs from A Shropshire Lad Music choices: page 136 
2.00 Salzburg Festival Highlights from this year's Salzburg Festival. With Louise Fryer. Beethoven Overture: Leonora No 3 
Schoenberq Variations, Op 31 West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, conductor Daniel Barenboim Schumann Piano Trio No 1 in B flat, Op 63  
Helene Grimaud (piano), Benjamin Schmid (violin), Clemens Hagen (cello) 
Wagner Wesendonk Lieder 
Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo), Camerata Salzburg, conductor Ingo Metzmacher Schumann Fantasy in C, Op 17 (3rd mvt) Granados Los Requiebros (Goyescas) Lang Lang (piano) 
4.00 The Making of Music 
21/30. Second World War: Those Who Stayed Put Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time, Tippett's A ChildofOur Time and Shostakovich's Leningrad symphony. Introduced by Louise Fryer. 
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The Making of Music

Performances of the music James Naughtie mentions in his Radio 4 series.

Performances of the music James Naughtie mentions in his Radio 4 series, which connects historical events and their effect on the course of classical music.

The Making of Music; The Making of Music

The Making of Music: The Making of Music

BBC Radio 3 - The Making of Music, The Making of Music

Performances of the music James Naughtie mentions in his Radio 4 series, connecting historical events and classical music. 51/60. Second World War: Those Who Stayed Put.

Performances of the music James Naughtie mentions in his Radio 4 series, which connects historical events and their effect on the course of classical music.

51/60. Second World War: Those Who Stayed Put

Focusing on Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time, Tippett's A Child of Our Time and Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony, which was largely written during the 900-day siege of the city.

In Tune

Live music and interviews from the world's finest classical musicians.

Radio 3's drivetime show brings you incredible live music and interviews from the world's finest classical, jazz, folk and world musicians.

Radio 3's drivetime show brings you incredible live music and interviews from the world's finest classical, jazz, folk and world musicians. If it's happening in the world of music, you'll hear it first on In Tune.

In Tune: 08/10/2007

08/10/2007

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 08/10/2007

Petroc Trelawny's guests include baritone Dmitri Hvorostostovsky.

Petroc Trelawny's guests include baritone Dmitri Hvorostostovsky and singers from the English Touring Opera.

Petroc Trelawny's guests include baritone Dmitri Hvorostostovsky in advance of his performance with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra at London's Barbican.

Plus singers from the English Touring Opera will be performing excerpts from the three operas with which they are about to tour: Handel's Teseo, Haydn's Country Matters and Bridgetower, and a new jazz opera by Julian Joseph.

Performance on 3

Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.

Performance on 3: 

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3,

Jiri Belohlavek leads the BBC SO in a new trumpet concerto by Jorg Widmann. Plus Bruckner.

Jiri Belohlavek opens his second season as Chief Conductor of the BBC SO with a new trumpet concerto by German composer Jorg Widmann and Bruckner's monumental 7th Symphony.

Catherine Bott introduces a concert recorded at London's Barbican Hall.

Jiri Belohlavek opens his second season as Chief Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra with a new trumpet concerto by German composer Jorg Widmann, a vehicle for its dedicatee, Sergei Nakariakov, deliberately designed to stretch its soloist's virtuosity to extremes. Paired with this is Bruckner's monumental 7th Symphony, the work with which the 60-year-old composer first achieved international fame.

Jorg Widmann: ad absurdum (UK premiere)
Bruckner: Symphony No 7

Sergei Nakariakov (trumpet)
BBC SO
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor).

Catherine Bott presents a concert recorded last week at London's Barbican Hall, featuring a new trumpet concerto by German composer Jörg Widmann, and Bruckner's Seventh Symphony. Sergei Nakariakov (trumpet), BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jiri Belohlavek 
Jorg Widmann Ad Absurdum (first UK performance) Bruckner Symphony No 7 in E

Composer of the Week: Rachmaninov

Night Waves

Radio 3’s flagship arts programme until 2013. Over 350 editions available in the archive.

Radio 3’s flagship arts programme until 2013. Search the extensive archive for interviews, debates and reviews. Go to Free Thinking for the new home of arts and ideas on Radio 3.

Night Waves: Joanna Bourke

Joanna Bourke

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, Joanna Bourke

Isabel Hilton talks to author Joanna Bourke about her new book on sexual violence.

Isabel Hilton talks to Joanna Bourke, author of critically acclaimed books on the history of killing and the idea of fear, about her new book on sexual violence.

Isabel Hilton talks to Joanna Bourke, author of critically acclaimed books on the history of killing and on the idea of fear that have challenged prevailing stereotypes, about her new book on sexual violence.

The author Joanna Bourke has written critically acclaimed books on the history of killing and on the idea of fear that have challenged prevailing stereotypes and gained widespread interest. She talks to Isabel Hilton about her new book on sexual violence. Producer Aasiya Lodhi 
Podcast: available at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/nightwaves/

British Composer Awards

Awards scheme designed to celebrate the work of contemporary classical composers in the UK

British Composer Awards: BBC Radio 3 Listeners' Award

British Composer Awards: BBC Radio 3 Listeners' Award: Episode 1

BBC Radio 3 Listeners' Award

BBC Radio 3 - British Composer Awards, BBC Radio 3 Listeners' Award, Episode 1

Featuring Julian Anderson's Heaven Is Shy of Earth, with mezzo Angelika Kirchschlager.

BBC Radio 3 Listeners' Award: Listeners vote for the 2007 British Composer Awards. Julian Anderson: Heaven Is Shy of Earth. Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo), BBC SO/Andrew Davis.

BBC Radio 3 Listeners' Award

With Catherine Bott. Listeners choose which piece should win the BBC Radio 3 Listeners’ Award in the 2007 British Composer Awards, organised with the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters. The 12 entries will be broadcoast over the next fortnight on Radio 3, all of them BBC commissions that had their premieres last year. To vote, call 08700 100 300 [rates apply] or vote online at www.bbc.co.uk/radio3.

Julian Anderson: Heaven Is Shy of Earth
Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo)
BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Andrew Davis (conductor).

Public vote for a favourite orchestral work commissioned by the BBC over the previous year

BBC Radio 3 Listeners' Award 
A chance for listeners to choose which piece should win the BBC Radio 3 Listeners' Award in the 2007 British Composer Awards, organised with the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters. Over the next fortnight listeners can hear the 12 entries - all BBC commissions that had their premieres last year. And throughout October all 12 works can also be heard online on the Radio 3 website: www.bbc.co.uk/radio3. To vote for one of the pieces, call [number removed] (calls from a land line cost no more than 8p per minute) or vote online at www.bbc.co.uk/radio3 before midnight on Friday 2 November. Presented by Catherine Bott. Julian Anderson Heaven is Shy of Earth 
Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo), BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Andrew Davis

The Essay

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

Leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond, themed across a week - insight, opinion and intellectual surprise.

Essay: Raising My Voice

The Essay: Raising My Voice: Episode 1: The Novelist

Episode 1: The Novelist

Raising My Voice

The Novelist

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, Raising My Voice, The NovelistClose menu

Artists from different fields consider the impact of mental health problems on creativity.

Raising My Voice: Four artists working in a variety of fields consider the impact on their creativity of challenging mental health problems. 1/4. The Novelist.

The Essay: Raising My Voice

Artists from different fields consider the impact of mental health problems on creativity

Raising My Voice 
1/4. Four artists working in a variety of fields consider the impact on their creativity of challenging mental health problems, beginning with songwriterand artist Rachel Studley , who describes the journey she is making from madness to a richly creative life. 
Producer Christine Hall EMAIL: theessay@bbc.co.uk

Joe Boyd

Veteran producer Joe Boyd selects his top 40 world music releases since records began.

Andy Kershaw

Joe Boyd: 

BBC Radio 3 - Joe Boyd,

Radio 3's 40th anniversary celebrations continue with veteran producer Joe Boyd's personal selection of the top 40 world music releases since records began.

Radio 3's 40th anniversary celebrations continue with the veteran producer's pick of the top 40 world music releases. Producer James Parkin

Through the Night: 

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night,

Jonathan Swain spins Janacek, Brahms, Mozart, JE Bach, Bella, Rheinberger and Durufle.

Including 1.00 Janacek, Brahms, Mozart, JE Bach. 3.43 Liszt, Bella, Durufle, Frescobaldi, Forster. 5.00 Ortiz, Gombert, Leonarda, Britten, Klami, Strauss, Ravel, Fornerod, Poulenc.

With Jonathan Swain.

1.00am
Janácek, Leos (1854-1928): Mládi (Youth)
Carol Wincenc (flute)
Allan Vogel (oboe)
Anthony McGill (clarinet)
Carey Bell (bass clarinet)
Richard Todd (horn)
Frank Morelli (bassoon)

1.20am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Piano Quartet No 3 in C minor
Jennifer Frautschi (violin)
Paul Neubauer (viola)
David Finckel (cello)
Gilbert Kalish (piano)

1.55am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Flute Quartet No 1 in D, K285
Carol Wincenc (flute)
Jennifer Frautschi (violin)
Paul Neubauer (viola)
David Finckel (cello)

2.10am
Bach, Johann Ernst (1722-1777): Passion Oratorio
Barbara Schlick (soprano)
David Cordier (countertenor)
Christoph Prégardien (tenor)
Stephen Varcoe (bass)
Rheinische Kantorei
Das Kleine Konzert
Hermann Max (conductor)

3.43am
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886): Piano Concerto No 2 in A, S125
Sveinung Bjelland (piano)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Stefan Asbury (conductor)

4.06am
Bella, Ján Levoslav (1843-1936): Overture (Hermina im Venusberg)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava
Stefan Róbl (conductor)

4.14am
Rheinberger, Josef (1839-1901): Vision; Abendfriede (12 Characteristic pieces)
Nicholas Danby (organ)

4.22am
Duruflé, Maurice (1902-1986): Quatre motets sur des thèmes Grégoriens, Op 10
BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

4.30am
Frescobaldi, Girolamo (1583-1643), arr. Bartok: Toccata and Fugue in G major/minor
György Sándor (piano)

4.40am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750), arr. Bartok: Trio Sonata No 6 in G for organ
György Sándor (piano)

4.52am
Förster, Kaspar (1616-1673): Sonata a 3 in C minor
Musica Fiata
Roland Wilson (director).

With Jonathan Swain. 
Janacek Mladi Carol Wincenc (flute), Allan Vogel (oboe), Anthony McGill (clarinet), Carey Bell (bass clarinet), Richard Todd (hom), Frank Morelli (bassoon) 
1.20 Brahms Piano Quintet No 3 in C minor, Op 60 
1.55 Mozart Flute Quartet No I in D, K285 2.10 JE Bach Passion Oratorio 3.43 Liszt Piano Concerto No 2 in A 
4.06 Bella Overture: Hermina im Venusberg 
4.14 Rheinberqer Vision; Abendfriede (12 Characteristic Pieces, Op 156) 4.22 Duruflé Quatre Motets sur des 
Thèmes Grégoriens, Op 10 4.30 Frescobaldi, arr Bartok Toccata and Fugue in G 4.40 Bach, arr Bartok Trio Sonata No 6 in G, BWV530 4.52 Forster Sonata a 3 in C minor 
5.00 Ortiz/Torre /I Re di Spagna 5.02 Ortiz Fantasia 1-2 (Salve Regina) 5.05 Gombert Media Vita in Morte Sumus a 6 
5.12 Leonarda Sonata Prima a 4 5.22 Britten Lachr/mae 
5.35 Klami Intermezzo 5.40 Strauss Four Last Songs 
6.00 Ravel Valses Nobles et Sentimentales 6.15 Fomerod Concert for two violins and piano, Op 16 6.34 Poulenc Concert Champetre for harpsichord and orchestra

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